2933.521
Divulging content of electronic communications service.

(A)
Except as
provided in division (B) of this section, no person or entity that provides
electronic communication service to the public shall purposely divulge the
content of a communication, while it is in transmission on that service, to a
person or entity other than an addressee or intended recipient of the
communication or an agent of an addressee or intended recipient of the
communication.

(1)
Division (A) of this section does not apply to a
communication being transmitted to the person or entity providing the
electronic communication service or to an agent of that person or entity.

(2)
Notwithstanding division (A)
of this section, a person or entity that provides electronic communication
service to the public may divulge the content of a communication that is in
transmission on that service in any of the following circumstances:

(a)
The divulgence is authorized by division
(B)(2) of section
2933.52, by section
2933.581, by division (C) of
section 2933.55, or by division (F) or (G)
of section
2933.59 of the Revised Code or by
a provision of the "Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986," 100 Stat.
1848-1857, 18 U.S.C. 2510 -
2521 (1986 ), as amended.

(b)
The originator or an addressee
or intended recipient of the communication has lawfully consented to the
divulgence.

(c)
The divulgence is
made to a person who is employed or authorized, or whose facilities are used,
to forward the communication to its destination.

(d)
The content of the communication divulged
was inadvertently obtained by the provider of the service, the content appears
to pertain to the commission of a crime, and the divulgence is made to a law
enforcement agency.

(C)
Neither division (A) of this section nor any other
provision of sections
2933.51 to
2933.66 of the Revised Code
prohibits a provider of electronic communication service from recording the
fact that a wire or electronic communication was initiated or completed, in
order to protect the provider, another provider furnishing service toward the
completion of the wire or electronic communication, or a user of the electronic
communication service from fraudulent, unlawful, or abusive use of the
electronic communication service.